Agropine synthase gene of Ri plasmid is different from the homologous gene of Ti plasmid in tissue-specificity

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Inoguchi, Masahiko ^a   Oka, Mariko ^a,b   Shikada, Takahiro ^a   Kato, Jiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; agropine synthase gene; Nicotiana tabacum L.; opine genes; Ri plasmid; tissue specificity; glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029784420     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80176-3     Document Type: Article

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